Cloth-marking apparatus



. Nov.. 2 1926.

W. C. JOCQUE ET Al.

CLOTH MARKING APPARATUS Filed Dec. 14, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l @W-M 4k.

Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

"UNITED stares a-that erase.

1 WILLIAM c. JOQQUEAND EUGENE c. ZA'BLOGKI, or nnLrwAY, MICHIGAN.

CLOTH-MARKING- APPARATUS.

' Application filed December 14, 1925. Serial No. 75,482."

Our present invention has to do with the itate the marking of cloth in a pile of superposed sheets or layers, the apparatus being equip ed for the quick making of a number 0 marks in one operation, and being de signed after. the making of a plurality of a above which are plates 3 fixed to the table and having slots 4;. Extending through the marks on one cloth to permit of the ready removal of the said cloth and the quick position ng of the apparatus'for the making of similar marks on the next lower cloth in the pile.

Other objects and practical advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are readin connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming-part of th s specification, in which Figure 1 is a top plan View of the apparatus constitutingthe best practical embodiment of our invention of which we are aware. v

Figure 2 is a side elevation illustrative of the apparatus.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary seea tion showing one of the organized mechanisms for automatically releasing the vertically swingable member of'the apparatus.

Figure 4 is a broken side elevation show ing the forward portion of one of the end sections of the carriage.

Figureb is a fragmentary enlarged section showing the arrangement of the travel ing wheels of the carriage relative to the rail on which the carriage is movable.

Figure 6 is a detail view partly inelevation and partly in section showing one of the chalking units of the. apparatus.

Figure 7 is a detail elevation of the same taken at r ght angles to Figure 6.

Similar-numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

We illustrate in Figures 1, 2 and 3, a table the top 1 of which is provided adjacent to its forwardedge with openings2 openings 4 and connected in fulcrumed manner to the plates 3 are levers 5, the lower ends of which are connected by retractile springs 6 with the forward portion 7 of the table. arms of the said levers 5 are rectilinearly Engaged and movable by the lower movable keepers 8. The heelportions 01 the said keepers are connected by'rods 9 with the lower ends of the levers 5 so as to as sure free movement of the keepers '8 with the levers 5. In this connection it will be understood that the locat on of the levers 5 in the openings 1 of the plates 3 may be depended upon whenv deemed expedient to form the fulcrumsof the said levers 5. The forward ends of the'keepers 8 are beveled as designated by 10 for a purpose hereinafter described.

Arranged at the back of the table are upright guides 11 which are lined to and depend from the table top and are designed to receive vertically adjustable hinge mem-.

bers 12, the hinges also comprising leaves 13 connected by pintles to the said members 12 and adapted to be fixedly connected by screws or other suitable means to the verti cally swingable member 14: of the apparatus. Said member 14. is in theform of a rectangular open frame, Figure 1, and is designed to rest above and in parallelism with the upper side of the table top 1 and is also designed to be swung up and down" on the said pintles of the hinges. The said frame 14: carries a plurality of spaced bars'15, preferably of metal, and des gned to hold superposed sheets of cloth' against disarrangement on the table. Manifestly the capacity. of the hinge members 12 to move vertically in their guides 11 adapts the member or frame 1 1 to rest at various heights above the top of the table 1 according to the number of sheets of cloth superposed on the table 1. V r For the automatic securing of the member 14: in its horizontal position we provide the latch members 16, two in number and best shown in Figures 1 and 3. Each of the said latch members 16 is provided with a pend ent arm 16*, designed to move to and from the position shown in Figure 3 relative to the table 1, and having beveled teeth 17 on itsside opposed to the end of the adjacent keeper 8. It will be readily under' stood that when the member 14 is swung downwardly to the working position, the latch arms 16 will engage and be engaged by the beveledends of the adjacent keepers 8 with the result that the member 141 willbe automatically secured in working position.

We would also have it understood at this 1 an operator the said carriage by acting against the upper arms of the levers 5 will swing said arms forwardly and thereby retract the latches or latch keepers 8 and release the latch members 16 whereupon the member 1 L will be free to swing upwardly in the manner hereinafter described.

For the vertical upwardly swinging movement of the member l-l we provide upright weight boxes 20, weights 21 movable Vert-ically in said weight boxes, and cables 22 connected to the said weights and passed over sheaves 23 and connected at the point 241- to the forward portion of the member 14. From this it follows that when the latch members 16 are released by retraction of the keepers 8 in the manner before described, the gravitation of the weights 21 will operate to promptly swing the member 1 1' upwardly, whereupon the uppermost sheet of cloth which will then be marked may be readily removed.

After the removal of a marked sheet from the pile on the table 1, the operator swings the member 1 1 downwardly against the action of the weights 21 until the latch'members 16 are engaged and held by the keepers 8, at which time the apparatus will be ready for another marking operation.

Carried by the member 14 on the rear portion thereof are bumpers 30 on the front sides of which are springs or other appropriate shock absorbers 31 designed to cushion the rearward movement of the carriage hereinafter described in detail.

Located on the side portions of the vertically swingable member 14 and fixed with respect thereto are rails 32 for the carriage 33 which will now be described in detail. The said carriage 33, in the preferred embodiment of our invention, includes among other elements end plates 34 which plates are preferably shaped as shown in Figure 4. The carriage also comprises transverse rods 35 interposed between and fixed to the end plates or bars 34, and spaced transverse guide rods 36 interposed between and fixed to the elements 3 1. Portions of the end bars 34 of the carriage'33 are shaped in cross section as shownin Figure 5 so as to dispose the traveling or anti-friction wheels 40 carried by the said end portions on the rails 32, this provision being advantageous inasmuch as it precludes the possibility of the carriage 83 being displaced notwithstanding the facility with which the said carriage may be moved forwardly and backwardly on the rails 32. In this connection it will be understood that when the frame 14 is swung upwardly in the manner before described, the carriage 35 will gravitate toward the rear bar of the member 14: and will bring up against the cushioned bumpers before described, and incident to the said quick bringing up of the carriage the described arrangement of the wheels 40 relative to the rails 32 may be depended upon to prevent any displacement of the carriage from the rails.

The transverse rods 36 are shown in detail in Figure (3, and Figure 6 also shows in detail one of the blocks 50 which are mounted on the rods 36 and are adjustable in the direction of the width of the apparatus and are designed to be adjustably fixed to the rods through the medium of set screws 51. Any desired number of blocks 50 may be employed, and it will be noted that the said blocks may be adjustably fixed at various distances apart according to the distance apart it is desired to have the marks on the cloth. Byeachof the blocks 50 is carried a chalk holder on which are two stems 61 guided in the blocks and provided above the same with heads 62. Surrounding the stems 61 and interposed between the upper side of the holder 60 and the underside of the block are coiled springs 63 the purpose of which is to yieldingly hold the chalk holders against upward movement, this with a view to yieldingly pressing the chalk (34c to its work.

The several chalk holders 60 may be of any construction compatible with the purpose of our invention, though we prefer to have each chalk holder 60 include a body of general bail form, a rubber pad 65 in and against one end of said body, and adapted to engage one side of a piece of chalk as best shown in Figure 7, a rubber pad 66 adapted to engage the other side of the piece of chalk, and a screw 67 threaded in one end of the body and connected in appropriate swivelled manner to the pad 66 so that in cident to turning of the screw the pad will move rectilinearly inward to clamp the piece of chalk or outward for the release of said piece of chalk and the placing in posi tion of a fresh piece of chalk.

F or. the purpose of yieldingly holding the back end of the member 14 against upward movement we provide retractile springs 70 interposed between and connected to the back portion of the member 14 and the table 1. One of the said springs 70 is shown in Figure 2, and this showing is believed to be sufficient inasmuch as the construction of the springs and the relative arrangement and connections thereof are identical.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing that the member l-t of the apparatus is automatically released by the engagement of the carriage 33 with the levers 5 on the forward movement of the carriage 33 for the marking of a plurality of lines on the uppermost piece or sheet of cloth,

.nd it will also be understood that imme liately following the said automatic release he member l i Wlll be swung upwardly on the hinge pintles by virtue of the gravita tion of the weights 21 in the'weight boxes 20. Incident to the said upward swinging of the member 14:, the carriage 33 willgravitate on the rails 32 and will bring up against the cushioned bumpers 3O andhence when the frame lt is subsequently lowered and fastened'in working position, the carriage 33 will be in position to be moved forward ly for the marking of the sheet or piece of cloth beneath it.

Notwithstanding the labor saving capacity of our apparatus as pointed out in the foregoing, it will be manifest that the apparatus is simple and inexpensive in construction and as a whole is well adapted to withstand rough usage.

changes in arrangement may be made with-' out departure from our invention.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is 1. In a marking apparatus, a table, a vertically swingable member thereon, means for raising said member, means for latching said member in working position, and marking means movable on said member in parallelism to the table top and also movable upwardly and downwardly with the swing able member.

2. In a marking apparatus, a table, a vertically swingable member thereon, means for raising said member, means for latching said member in working position, marking means movable on said member, and means operable by the marking means at the end of a traverse for automatically unlatching the member.

3. In a marking apparatus, a table, a vertically swingable member thereon, means for raising said member, means for latching said member in working position, and marking means movable on said member in parallelism to the table to and also movable upwardly and downwardly with the swingable member; the swingable member being hinged to the table, and portions of the hinges being movable up and down relative to the table.

t. In a marking apparatus, a table, a vertically swingable member on the table marking means, carried by and movable on said swingable member, spring-pressed latch members carried by the table and movable rectilinearly and having beveled ends, latch meinberscarried by'the vertically swingable member and having portions -.with beveled teeth for cooperation with said ends ofthe first-named latch members, and means operable-by the marking'means 'for disengaging position, means operable by the marking means at the completion of a working traverse for unlatching the swingable member, and means for cushioning the gravitational movement of the marking means when the member is swung upwardly. i

7. In a marking apparatus, the combination of a table, a vertically swingable mem ber, marking means movable on said member, a latch member carried; by the verti- 'call swin able member and havin an arm provided with beveled teeth, a rectilinearly movable keeper on the table for cooperation withsaid toothed arm, and a lever fulcrumed on the table and having its lower arm yieldingly connected with the table and engaged with said movable keeper and also having its upper arm arranged to be engaged by the marking means.

8. BIarking apparatus comprising a table, weight boxes, weights (movable vertically in said boXes, sheaves at the upper ends of the boxes, a vertically swingable member hingedly connected with the table, portions of the hinges being movable vertical relative to the table, cables interposed between and connected to the weights and the swingable member and passed over said sheaves, cushioning means on the back of the member, marking means movable on the member toward and from said cushioning means, means for latching the vertically swingable member in working position, and means for automatically unlatching the swingable member at the completion of a traverse of the marking means.

9. In a marking apparatus, rails, marking means movable on said rails and having chalk holders at intermediate points in its length, a movable member, bars carried by the movable member, the said movable member being swingable and also carrying the said rails, and cushioning means for the said marking means on gravitational movement thereof.

10. In a marking apparatus, a carriage ha ving spaced transverse rods, in combination With means on which the carriage is movable, blocks adjustably fixed on said rods, chalk holders having means for clamping and holding pieces of chalk Without breakage thereof, stems on the chalk holders and movable in the said blocks, and spring means interposed between the blocks and the chalk holders for yieldingly holding the pieces of chalk to their Work.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures.

WILLIAM C. J OCQUE. EUGENE G. ZABLOCKI. 

